Cisco Systems' New Cutting-Edge Technology Provides Advanced End-to-End Network Services for Innovative Institution in China
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BEIJING, China - September 2, 1998 - Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced that the China Education and Research Network (CERNET) will deploy Cisco routers, access servers and LAN switches into its national backbone network to enhance overall network performance and provide new services such as Layer 3 switching and voice over IP to CERNET users around the country.
The collaboration builds upon the long-standing strategic relationship between Cisco Systems and CERNET. Cisco has been involved in CERNET's national backbone network since its inception, not only as a network equipment supplier but also in training and consulting roles.
The new network solution consists of a full array of Cisco 7500 and 7200 backbone routers, Cisco 3600 voice-enabled access routers and access servers and Catalyst. 2900 LAN switches. It will be installed into CERNET's two main network nodes and eight regional network centers in universities in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Xian, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu and Shenyang by October 1998.
"We are proud to be chosen by CERNET as its partner in the move toward the new world of voice and data integration," said Bill Nuti, president, Greater Asia, for Cisco Systems. "Our collaboration with CERNET is another example of our commitment to enabling service provider and enterprise customers to transition to the new communications infrastructure where voice and data applications share a unified network architecture. This relationship also highlights the significant trend toward customers seeking a strategic networking partner for end-to-end network requirements."
"Cisco Systems and CERNET have developed a very close relationship since the beginning of the CERNET project in 1994," said Professor Wu Jian Ping of Tsinghua University in Beijing and director of CERNET. "Cisco has not only been a technology provider to CERNET but has been a partner in the fields of technology exchange and training. This new partnership will allowCERNET to deliver cutting-edge services such as Layer 3 switching and voice over IP to our users. We also selected Cisco Systems as our partner because of its highly reliable network solutions and its excellent in-country support infrastructure, crucial factors which meet the mission-critical requirements of our network."
Cisco's 7500 and 7200 series routers' advanced NetFlow switching services provide unmatched reliability, security, availability and unprecedented performance while the Cisco 3600 series router has built-in voice-over-IP functionality. Voice-over-IP technology allows telephone calls to be carried over IP-based data networks providing a more cost-effective solution than traditional telephone systems.
CERNET has a three-layer hierarchy consisting of a nationwide backbone, eight regional networks and more than 300 distributed campus networks. CERNET's national backbone routers are connected via high-speed leased lines.
CERNET has a three-layer hierarchy consisting of a nationwide backbone, eight regional networks and more than 300 distributed campus networks. CERNET's national backbone routers are connected via high-speed leased lines.
Currently, more than 300 universities, middle schools and education research entities, comprising a nationwide community of over 300,000 users, are connected to CERNET.
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